Guadeloupean artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary has won the CPGA-Villa Albertine Étant Donnés Prize at Art Basel Miami Beach, awarded annually to a French artist exhibiting at the fair. Her work *The Book of Violette: Marie-Anne* (2025) was displayed at James Cohan's booth and sold for $80,000 to a US-based foundation. The prize is presented by France’s gallery association, the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art (CPGA), in partnership with Villa Albertine.
The win is significant because Sinnapah Mary hails from Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France, highlighting the diversity of French contemporary art beyond the European mainland. The prize elevates her international profile and underscores the growing recognition of artists from the French Caribbean diaspora within the global art market, particularly at a major fair like Art Basel Miami Beach.